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Alabama Birmingham Mission

  • Witnessing the kindling of a great gospel spirit

    Until a few months ago, missionary and member activity in the Greensboro Branch in the Bessemer Alabama Stake was withering. President Jim Tate of the Alabama Birmingham Mission had withdrawn full-time missionaries from the area, while President Lanny Smartt of the Bessemer Alabama Stake felt compelled to close the branch but, for unexplainable reasons, was constrained to wait.
    Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009

  • Surprise for mom: 'A wonderful morning'

    It was a scene that might have looked familiar to many Latter-day Saint spectators: a mother embracing twin sons after they completed a full-time mission.
    Published: Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006

  • New mission presidents

    Eight new mission presidents, called by the First Presidency, have been announced. The new leaders and their wives will begin service about July 1.
    Published: Saturday, March 6, 2004

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Author lauds 'movement toward family'

Published: Saturday, Nov. 18, 1989

Prominent author and genealogist Alex Haley praised what he called "a movement toward family" at a Church-sponsored genealogical conference here Oct. 21. Haley was the keynote speaker at the...